The month of Av 5773 begins on July 8, 2013. Traditionally Rosh Hodesh Av is recognized as ushering in a period of reflection on the calamities that led to the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem, as it marks the beginning of the period on the Jewish calendar known as “The Nine …
June 15, 2013 It is tough being a hero these days. It is tough to be a professional athlete as well. When I was growing up, people who played sports had to work in the off-season. Difficult as it may be to believe, I actually remember when football and baseball players would work …
I have just returned from Israel where I co-chaired with Rabbi Mauricio Balter of Beer Sheva the Rabbinical Assembly Annual Convention in Jerusalem. Having served in 2008 as the Chairman of the convention in Washington, I felt privileged to be the only rabbi asked to chair two RA conventions. Approximately 200 Conservative rabbis primarily …
June 1, 2013 A cartoon I saw many years ago was of a group of students standing in 2 lines in a classroom with one child in the middle in front of the teacher’s desk. The punch line of the cartoon was, “And now for the final word for the spelling bee. Christopher, please …
April 13, 2013 Walking through Auschwitz a few weeks ago with members of our synagogue I came face to face for the first time in my life with the place that has become a synonym for the Holocaust. The German form of the word for the nearby Polish town, Oswiecim has become a metaphor …
After a restful Shabbat in Prague and a briefing by the head of the local Jewish community we travelled to Terezin, the “model” concentration camp established by the Nazis to show the Red Cross and world how “humanely” the Jews imprisoned there were treated. As Elie Wiesel has pointed out, what the Red Cross failed …
March 23, 2013 Having recently returned from a congregational trip to Krakow, Warsaw, Prague and Berlin, I still have images emblazoned in my head of the infernos of destruction we witnessed, of the towns that were once thriving, teeming centers of Jewish life, and which are now Judenrein, lifeless shells, without any Jews. Prague …
February 16, 2013 To be a rabbi is to be a teacher, a messenger, a conveyer of truth, a conduit of our heritage, a teller of stories. Having just returned from leading the mission of the Rabbinic Cabinet of Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to Kiev and Israel I want to do all …
March 2013 After a restful Shabbat in Prague and a briefing by the head of the local Jewish community we travelled to Terezin, the “model” concentration camp established by the Nazis to show the Red Cross and world how “humanely” the Jews imprisoned there were treated. As Elie Wiesel has pointed out, what the …
Tributes are pouring in from many quarters and segments of the Jewish and non-Jewish world about Rabbi David Hartman who passed away earlier this week. I had the privilege of being selected to participate in the first contingent of an intensive three year program of studies for 30 rabbis from across the US and across …
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